Horror Novels, the Scarier the Better! The Kind That Keep You Too Afraid to Sleep After Reading at Midnight 恐怖小说，越恐怖越好！最好是半夜看了不敢睡觉的

1. 1 东 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 Jun Lan君阑Mystery122k WordsCompleted [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 916Reads8.8Score108Shelves

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   😱😱😱This is really scary, don't try it if you're easily frightened!

2. 2 午 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避 The Drinking Monk吃酒和尚Mystery592k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 3.5kReads9.1Score217Shelves
3. 3 恐 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界：100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery432k WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On 2.5kReads8.9Score192Shelves
4. 4 夜 Ghostly Whispers at Midnight 夜半鬼语 Millennium-Old Monster千年老妖Mystery87k WordsCompleted [Rural + Supernatural + Ghost Stories] Back when my grandfather was young, he learned carpentry. As Old Zhao put it, a sixth-grade carpenter these days was worth half a scholar. But things were different back then. Carpenters belonged to one of the lowest trades. They had to carry their tools around every day, get up before dawn and stay out until the middle of the night, traveling from village to village to find work. And because they went so many places, and made coffins and dealt with the dea 5.4kReads9.0Score229Shelves
5. 5 我 I Dream in the River of Time 我在时间长河里做梦 You Yuanren友元仁Urban50k WordsCompleted My name is Lin Han, and I wander through the river of time. I have a mute friend and an old acquaintance who is blind. And one cheerful person, and one aloof person. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I've given you my entire fortune in horror novels; if you can sleep soundly tonight, I'll consider it a win.

6. 6 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 69.7kReads9.3Score10.8kShelves

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   It's really scary, so real. I get scared just seeing the names now.

7. 7 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 956.6kReads9.6Score123.1kShelves
8. 8 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 711.1kReads9.6Score100.9kShelves

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   The terrifying experiences of a hapless college student... He only finds out who the ghost is at the very end... His supposedly dead son returns home... He wakes up to find himself caught up in a world governed by rules... He sacrifices himself to save the world...

9. 9 恐 A Collection of Terrifying Tales 恐怖惊魂故事录 Listening at Seven Places七处倾听Mystery306k WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural tales] [Strange happenings late at night] [Whispers of the uncanny in your ear] [Based on true events] [Urban horror] [Thrilling and chilling] One ghost story for every chapter, all set in the dead of night. Come and read... 628Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Just you wait and see, they'll all be silent.

10. 10 血 Blood Buns: The Top-Secret 523 File 《血馒头：523绝密档案》 Chi Yuxu迟遇叙31k WordsCompleted Blood Steamed Bun: Classified File 523 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I stumbled upon this horror novel topic late at night, intending to help me sleep but ending up more and more awake 😂. The titles of "The Blood-Soaked Bun" and "The Bloody Fingernails in My Resignation Report" on my list alone sent chills down my spine; these short suspense thrillers are the most captivating. Especially the eerie incident in the anonymous livestream—I feel like I'll be very immersive. Although I'm a little scared, this extreme thrill is truly irresistible; I'm thinking of giving it a try 👻.

11. 11 提 The Grape Seed Cycle 《提子核循环》 Chi Yuxu迟遇叙9k WordsCompleted Grape Seed Cycle 12Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 十 Fourteen Years of Hunting Ghosts (Complete in Five Volumes) 十四年猎诡人（全五册） Li Yifan李诣凡Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Li Yifan’s spine-chilling ghost-hunting chronicles! A contemporary Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! A spine-chilling record of ghost hunts! First posted on Tieba, it topped 100 million views within three months! The acclaimed mystery writer Li Yifan’s breakthrough work, now with the unpublished continuation added! Every ghost was once a living person. I’m a professional ghost hunter. I turn the compass, circle the place with red 11.8kReads9.6Score2.2kShelves

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    The first book, *The Three Corpses' Tale*, is the pinnacle of horror. The second book, in my opinion, was quite good. The third book doesn't involve fighting or killing ghosts; it portrays the desperate helplessness of humans in the face of ghosts—the kind of book that sends chills down your spine if you read too much of it late at night.

13. 13 离 Bloodied Fingernails in the Resignation Letter 《离职报告里的血指甲》 Chi Yuxu迟遇叙13k WordsCompleted Bloodstained Fingernails in the Resignation Letter 35Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 匿 Strange Tales from an Anonymous Livestream, Hidden in the Workplace 匿名直播间诡事藏职场 Chi Yuxu迟遇叙Modern Romance83k WordsCompleted On the very day she is made permanent after her probation, workplace newcomer Liu Xi is framed by her colleagues and director. Overnight, she goes from promising new hire to scapegoat cast aside. With nowhere else to turn, she starts a livestream under the anonymous name "Xi Yan," exposing one by one the sinister incidents hidden in the office building, along with the bullying and false accusations that have been covered up. As more and more victims speak out, hidden details lurking in the city' 30Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 清 The Awakened Prisoner 《清醒的囚徒》 Chi Yuxu迟遇叙Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted The Clear-Headed Prisoner 11Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 婚 The Eerie Shadows of Marriage 《婚途诡影》 Chi Yuxu迟遇叙Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted Phantom Shadows on the Road to Marriage 11Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 惊EN Terror: I Only Sell Haunted Houses 惊悚：我只卖凶宅 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Rooms where unnatural deaths have occurred are collectively known as haunted houses. There are two kinds: “blue houses” and “red houses.” Living people can stay in blue houses without harm, but anyone who lives in a red house is doomed to die. I work as a real estate agent. One day, I accidentally sold a red house, and afterward, I began encountering terrifying things… 26.5kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
18. 18 1EN The Last Bus on Route 13 13路末班车 Old Eighty老八零Mystery813k WordsCompleted I'm the driver of the last bus on Route 13. Every night at eleven, I have to make a run to the suburbs. This book is addictive, so don't blame me if you can't put it down! In this novel, even the sharp-tongued readers who always guess the plot right will find themselves repeatedly proven wrong. You might find yourself asking, “What's going on? What's going on?” Don't doubt your sanity. Just keep reading. A story that keeps you on edge, here to save readers suffering from a reading drought! 13.5kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
19. 19 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score183.1kShelves
20. 20 黄 Yellow Springs General Store 黄泉杂货铺 Ninth Elder of the Wu Clan巫门老九Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted At the end of a street on a quiet, late-night evening stands a grocery shop with old-fashioned decor. Getting something for nothing is simple: just agree to do a ghost a favor, and it'll make it happen. 14.2kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves

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    This book is just awful. I've never seen such a tragic protagonist. I was so scared while reading it late at night that I immediately removed it from my bookshelf.

21. 21 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves
22. 22 你 You Want Me to Catch Ghosts? 你让我去抓鬼？ Xiao Luo肖罗Mystery294k WordsOngoing Lin Fan, 22, graduated with a degree in marketing. Three months after graduation, he was two months behind on rent, and his only possession was an electric scooter on its last legs. Other people graduated with “boundless prospects”; he graduated with “no idea what lay ahead.” To make ends meet, he delivered food day and night. At five yuan a delivery, he could run himself ragged and still not make a dent in his bills. Then, late one night, he delivered hangover soup to “No. 18, Yunshui Bay”... T 41Reads—Score215Shelves

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    I cried while watching it, that's great!

23. 23 怪 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Stone Giant Monster石头巨怪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 173.7kReads9.7Score17.9kShelves

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    I think these books are pretty good; reading them at night gives me a chill down my spine 💕

24. 24 我 Back When I Was a Folk Mage 我做民间法师的时候 Mid-Spring春中Mystery152k WordsOngoing I entered the trade at fourteen and spent six years as a folk ritual master. In the south, this line of work is called “spirit arts.” I watched it go from thriving to decline. This year marks my sixth year, and I’ve finally left the trade behind. This work isn’t as glamorous as it looks. We’re all rats crawling out of the sewers, and the bar for entry keeps getting lower. I’m writing these stories down now as a way to remember those days. 185Reads—Score104Shelves
25. 25 惊 The Horror Realm: Entering the Strange World from a Psychiatric Hospital 惊悚领域：从精神病院进入诡世界 Tender Little Puppy香嫩的小狗Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing (The hardcover edition has been published!) [Infinite Flow] [Original Horror Instances] [Mild Horror] “Chen Ji murdered his mother a week ago and spent three days with her corpse before he was arrested.” “You have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and are about to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital for supervision.” “Do you have anything to say?” The black-haired boy before them slowly raised his head, his expression calm. “I’ll say it again.” “The thing I killed wasn’t my mother...” “It w 314.1kReads9.5Score58.8kShelves

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    I love it so much, I love it so much, I love it so much.

26. 26 阴 Yin-Yang Headhunter: I Find Jobs for Ghosts, and They Ask Me Out 阴阳猎头：我给诡找工作，诡问我处不处对象 Dongfang Goudan东方狗蛋Mystery307k WordsOngoing On the day he was laid off, Jiang Ye received a death notice: in thirty days, someone would throw him off a rooftop. To stay alive, he was forced to take a job at Yin-Yang Headhunting Co., Ltd., a company that specializes in finding jobs for ghosts. Every time he finds a job for a ghost, he unlocks part of the truth behind his own death. Every time he fails, another corpse spot appears on his body. Once they cover him from head to toe, the company will devour his soul. Every high-level order com 2.4kReads8.4Score369Shelves
27. 27 恐 Terrifying Nightmare: Extreme Survival in a Bizarre World 恐怖噩梦：我在诡异世界极限逃生 Young Bear年轻熊Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow, mildly scary, no romance] Wang Yan wearily opened his front door. Inside, he saw the woman next door holding and soothing a baby, staring at him in terror. “Sorry, I’ve got the wrong apartment.” He quickly apologized and backed out, then slammed the door shut. Standing in the pitch-black hallway, he found himself unable to decide what was more terrifying: seeing his female neighbor in his home, or seeing the baby who had died long ago… 409.4kReads9.4Score77.7kShelves
28. 28 0 A Feng Shui Master with a Bachelor's Degree, Class of 2000 00后本科风水师 Yesterday's Chang'an i昨日长安iMystery671k WordsOngoing [The rating has just come out and will rise later. Updates are steady, so you can read with confidence, friends!] [Small-town supernatural tales + true experiences + folk legends + ensemble cast + thrilling adventures] I'm Fang Kai, a feng shui practitioner with a bachelor's degree, born in the 2000s. I never dreamed that after graduating from college, I'd end up on the path of catching ghosts. Think ghost-catching is all about fighting and killing? Wrong. It's just as much about dealing with pe 5.5kReads8.6Score407Shelves
29. 29 失 After Losing My Memory, One Terrifying Ghostly Incident After Another 失忆后恐怖鬼事接连不断 The Silent Ink Scholar无言墨客Mystery218k WordsOngoing (An alternate world. No tired tropes, no invincible protagonist, no plagiarism, entirely original. Any similarities will be changed immediately. Comedy, deadpan humor, no official pairing, a touch of horror, and characters with sound values.) Accidentally drawn into a paranormal incident: a girl whose mouth has been sealed shut, the walking dead with no eyes to see, monsters covered in tumors that crawl along the ground... Is the world turned upside down, or is this an elaborate hoax carefully s 5Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 天 The Heavenly Coffin 天棺 Youth Evening News青年晚报Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted Because of a joke, my grandmother’s spirit refused to leave after her death and insisted on taking me with her to the grave. Otherwise, my whole family would die. To save my family, I went into the grave with my grandmother... 21.7kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
31. 31 最 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸人 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted The art of paper effigies can bridge the worlds of yin and yang, perform rites for the dead, and summon the King of Hell. Cut yellow paper, weave bamboo strips: paper horses travel a thousand miles, and paper figures summon spirits. With one stroke to paint their eyes, the King of Hell appears, striking terror into all directions and sending ten thousand ghosts into hiding! By the time the art of paper effigies reaches Chen Mo, he is its last practitioner. He assumes this ancient, mysterious cra 16.5kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

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    The third book is the scariest. I read it alone with the lights off before bed, and sometimes I felt uneasy around me. The plot is also great and doesn't drag. The first book is alright; the protagonist carries a mission and carves out his own path amidst many powerful organizations.

32. 32 真 The Real-Life Escape Club 真实逃杀俱乐部 Making Tea on Tong Mountain彤山煮茶Mystery4.5M WordsCompleted This world is dead. But I want to live. This is an age where the supernatural is paradise, and humanity is in hell. I saw the club as the only [Beacon of Hope], blind to the schemes and betrayal behind it. Resurrected supernatural creatures, blood-soaked death zones, slaughter experiments that defy human understanding. The boundary between life and death began to blur, until people and the supernatural could no longer be told apart. Standing atop a mountain of corpses, I faced the weeping, despa 20.3kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
33. 33 骇EN Dread Night: Getting Rich in a Horror Game 骇夜：我在恐怖游戏里暴富 A-One Is Not A-Two阿一不是阿二Mystery710k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out and will rise later. Infinite flow + mild horror + original instances + no female lead) A tower stands in the eternal night, with a group of players trapped inside. They have to keep taking part in bizarre games to earn the food and supplies they need to survive. A killer in red embroidered shoes, a child with no eyes, a haunted mountain where an entire expedition team died... One deadly trap after another, with death around every corner. Players: “We're going to die, w 2.8MReads9.5Score587.2kShelves

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    The male protagonist in this book is incredibly strong and extremely intelligent. The dungeons are both terrifying and captivating. The part where the protagonist sees a ghostly Buddha statue in a cave after the entire expedition team has perished gave me the creeps; every time I close my eyes, I feel like there's an evil Buddha smiling at me.

34. 34 少 A Young Feng Shui Master Betrothed to a White Tiger at Birth 少年风水师，出生就和白虎定亲 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery809k WordsCompleted At the Human Skin Inn, a hundred ghosts carry a coffin. A yin corpse borrows a life. A demon child lies hidden in a Buddhist womb… From the moment I was born, my father pledged his life to arrange my engagement to a White Tiger. Because of that, I embarked on a little-known path… 6kReads9.2Score548Shelves

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    They're all great deals! [Got it]

35. 35 规 Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常 White Beard白胡子Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr 46.2kReads9.4Score5.7kShelves
36. 36 民 A Notebook of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌笔记 Green Pepper and Shrimp青椒肉虾Mystery5.0M WordsOngoing I was born with a pair of snake eyes, and everyone at the forest farm said I was a demon child born of a snake. The night I was born, thunder crashed again and again. The next day, a huge, gold-scaled python was found dead from a lightning strike outside Laolingou. Something was squirming inside its belly. Master Sang sliced open the python with a single stroke and carried out a blood-soaked baby. He named me Lin Shisan. From that moment on, my fate was bound to Master Sang’s for life… 20.1kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves

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    In the deepest darkness, fear is ever-present, drawing you into a world of suspense and horror, sending chills down your spine every night.

37. 37 山 Tales of the Haunted Mountain Village 山村诡事录 Mu Xue牧雪Urban893k WordsCompleted Where the woods are dense, ghosts abound; where the mountains are high, monsters are sure to lurk. After getting drunk, Chen Jianjun of Kaoshan Village encounters a beautiful woman in the mountains. Alone together, the pair spend several days in an intimate embrace. When he returns home, he goes mad for a day and then dies. On the day of his burial, Chen Jianjun suddenly comes back to life... To save his family, Chen Xiaojun becomes the apprentice of Yi, a lame man who was once sent to a work ca 4.5kReads9.1Score428Shelves

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    It wasn't just scary, it got even scarier; it made my heart race.

38. 38 始 Primordial Demon Venerable 始源魔尊 Starry Night Without a Moon星夜无月Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted Bai Mu transmigrates to a world of cultivation. Because of what happened to his original body, all four limbs are crippled, and his family imprisons him for seven years, leaving him utterly hopeless. At the brink of despair, he strikes a deal with a demon, awakens demonic blood, and regains the use of his limbs. He sets out to pursue the martial path and begins his road to revenge! So what if you're a god? What if you're a demon? I, Bai Mu, will forge my own path to invincibility! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Not mindless, not formulaic, even the villains are intelligent, it starts slowly but gets better quickly—a good book that's been overshadowed by its title and synopsis. It should be categorized as a fantasy novel with a wildly imaginative plot. The sections on the [Church of the Underworld] and [Divine Authority] are particularly captivating. The protagonist's special abilities are, in a sense, given by the villainous organization, the [Church of the Underworld] (their motives are unclear). Furthermore, the plot becomes even more dramatic after the first transmigrator besides the protagonist, possessing [Spiritual Authority], makes his appearance. Highly recommended.

39. 39 开 From the Start, I Received a Letter from a Dead Man 开局收到一封死人来信 Muggle on the Run from the Magic Academy魔法学院在逃麻瓜Mystery212k WordsCompleted No romance, no harem, no cultivation The year he graduated from university, Ji Yao received a letter from his grandmother, who had been dead for six years. Five kinds of insurance and a housing fund, twenty thousand a month, and just six hours of work a day. Could there really be a job like that? What he didn’t expect was that, after the letter arrived, one misfortune after another would befall him… A train hijacked by ghosts, an old woman made of candle wax crawling out of a flame, a bizarre 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Laughing][Laughing] This is really good, an episodic series about Chinese monsters. A flight attendant with her mouth sealed with a red thread, a barbecue restaurant opening at midnight, a Monkey King sitting high in a temple, a mermaid village where the same day repeats itself…

40. 40 寻 Heavenly Dragon-Seeking Master 寻龙天师 Wanderer of the Mortal World风尘散人Mystery8.3M WordsCompleted “The Heavenly Hound rises from earthen ramparts, then falls beneath the fading sunset. The sky turns blood-red, and the lucky star retreats into nothingness. Amid the vast wilderness, one person staggers onward, struggling through hardship, leaving blood with every step. Behind them, only a single late-blooming camellia wilts and falls.” This is an omen no one can decipher, but some say it is my fate. Others say that ritual officials who meddle in yin and yang, specialize in tombs, and obscure H 3.3kReads8.7Score346Shelves

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    The first book is a classic of taboo books for the living, so I won't elaborate too much (these are relatively niche and certainly can't compare to the top-rated books on the popularity charts; it's just something to look at when you're looking for something to read after finishing the popular ones, so please don't be offended). The second book, overall, at least up to the point I've read, has no major flaws. The protagonist is incredibly loyal, courageous, and willing to go to great lengths for his brothers—who wouldn't want a brother they'd risk their life for? Incidentally, I'll also include a little personal note (from a friend's book).

41. 41 网 Online Game: From the Start, I Have a Fairy Dragon 网游：开局一条仙女龙 Yi Chen Blue Star Realm逸尘乾蓝星境Sports1.2M WordsCompleted Li Mu was reborn in the world of Creation War Chronicles before the game launched, bringing his former character and heroes with him. Drawing on the memories and experience of his previous life, he got a Tier 14 Crown Hero from the start: the Faerie Dragon! While others were still fretting over how to acquire heroes, Li Mu had a different problem: he had so many heroes under his command that he didn't know whom to send out! The Spider Empress, the Elven Empress, the Elemental Empress, the Valkyr 5.1kReads9.0Score500Shelves
42. 42 午 Midnight Wonders 午夜惊奇 Qiao Dou Ma Dai QAQ桥豆麻袋QAQUrban171k WordsCompleted At the stroke of midnight, amid a terrifying atmosphere, strange ghost stories begin to unfold! A bluish-white hand suddenly appears on the window in the middle of the night. Is it looking for someone to take revenge on? A bus still running in the dead of night: does it lead to the world of the living or to hell? The shapewear hanging in the wardrobe at home is made of human skin! During the Qingming Festival, a figure appears in the glass of the bathhouse. After returning to her room, a beautif 416Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    😱😱😱😱Help! These horror novels by Juejuezi are absolutely terrifying. The fear of the deserted village is off the charts. I was too scared to breathe while reading them. I felt a chill down my spine, as if I was being dragged into an endless abyss. Do not read if you are easily scared!

43. 43 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 313.2kReads9.4Score28.3kShelves

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    These two books are terrifying, I've personally tested them! 😱

44. 44 江 The Feng Shui King of the Underworld 江湖风水之王 Half a Button半颗纽扣Mystery658k WordsCompleted On the day I was born, ten thousand demons emerged from the mountains, a hundred ghosts clawed their way out of their graves, and an immortal corpse guarded the way. My master, Daoist Jingxian, took me from a tomb and raised me for twenty years, only to fall under a curse and die a horrible death, skinned alive. Knowing he was going to die, my master left me a letter. First, he warned me not to seek out the killer. Then he urged me to stay away from the world. But I chose a third path, resolute 135Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    Promise me you won't read this late at night! I never imagined urban supernatural Taoist novels could be so thrilling and captivating! Feng shui, fortune telling, talismans, Taoist magic, ghost-catching details—even the handsome hair will stand on end! The opening is high-octane, and once you start reading, you won't be able to put it down!

45. 45 床 The Person Under the Bed, the Eye on the Wall, the Peeping Tom Outside the Door 床下的人，墙上的眼，门外的窥 Eternal Life, Eternal Togetherness永生永同9k WordsCompleted The person beneath the bed, the eye on the wall, the peeping outside the door 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Hand-written horror short stories

46. 46 走 The Mountain Wanderer 走山人 Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Three years after I died, I climbed out of my grave. I set out on the path of a spirit medium and made my name roaming the mountains. Grandpa said I was half-dead, with no taboos to hold me back! 2.2kReads8.7Score203Shelves

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    The first book is extremely terrifying. The livestream host might disappear from your memories if they fail to complete a mission! "Horror Livestream"—have any of you seen this livestream? Only three types of people can see it: first, those with a very strong aura of yin; second, those who will die within seven days; and as for the third type… I won't go into detail. Finally, a word of advice: watch your back! The remaining three books are also quite terrifying, but I won't go into detail. Let's leave some suspense for a more exciting experience.

47. 47 噩 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声：60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery174k WordsCompleted [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 2.1kReads8.9Score176Shelves

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    😱😱This is really scary, don't try it if you're easily frightened!

48. 48 零 12:17 A.M., Please Confirm Your Name 零点十七分，请确认你的姓名 Luo MoxuanC5洛墨萱C5Mystery349k WordsOngoing In Qiheng City, people don’t simply disappear. First, the city erases their names, then convinces everyone they never existed. At 12:17 a.m., a fire alarm suddenly went off in a residential building in Qiheng City that had only sixteen floors: “Someone is trapped on the seventeenth floor.” Zhou Jiming, an engineer who inspected fire safety systems, checked the building plans, stairwell height, elevator programming, and exterior facade. Every piece of evidence proved that the seventeenth floor di 16Reads—Score170Shelves

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    A suspenseful new work with a strong staying power! A fire alarm encounters a mysterious seventeenth floor. After being rescued, the woman disappears without a trace. Looking through old files, there are seventeen lines of names, but the seventeenth line has always been blank.

49. 49 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 25.7kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves

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    These are all endless loop stories, and they're not mindless, overly sentimental ones. They're all fantastic reads! The first one is an ensemble piece; the main characters are all very well-developed and have very likable personalities.

50. 50 走 The Yin Walker: The Last Stick of Incense 走阴人：最后一炷香 Listening to the City at Midnight夜半听城Mystery345k WordsOngoing Xu Zhaolin makes a living with his ears. He is a sound documentary field recorder, traveling through the countryside with a recorder on his back to document folk crafts on the verge of disappearing and the oral histories of the elderly. Three years ago, his twin brother, Xu Zhaochuan, vanished near the reservoir in Baishi Town. No one had seen him alive, and no body was ever found. Three years later, Xu Zhaolin returns to Baishi Town to record the final oral history of an old man. A stretch of b 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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